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SENTENCE PARTS . AND PATTERNS . Copyright 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Aaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth Edition THE FIVE BASIC. SENTENCE PATTERNS . Subject Predicate Copyright 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Aaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth Edition INDEPENDENT (MAIN) VS. DEPENDENT. (SUBORDINATE) CLAUSES. A main or independent clause makes a complete statement and can stand alone as a SENTENCE : The sky darkened. A subordinate or dependent clause is just like a main clause except that it begins with a subordinating word: when the sky darkened; whoever calls. Copyright 1995 2007 by Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Aaron, The little , brown Compact handbook , Sixth Edition exercise . SENTENCE combining: SENTENCE structures Combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of SENTENCE specified in parentheses.

Aaron, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook, Sixth Edition ANSWERS TO EXERCISE Possible answers 1. The turn of the twentieth century ushered in improved technology and new materials. 2. A sturdy steel skeleton made the construction of skyscrapers possible. 3. By 1913 the towering Woolworth Building, with its Gothic ornaments, stood 760 feet (55 ...

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